Live Music in Dublin – 23-10-17

So, Ophelia ruined the Breeders visit to Dublin, but there is talk of rescheduling. This week, the big event is Metropolis in the RDS, but there’s also Ghostpoet and Aimee Mann among others.

Gigs of the Week –

1. Metropolis Festival 2017
2. Tuesday – Ghostpoet – The Button Factory
3. Saturday – Aimee Mann – National Stadium
4. Sunday – Turning Vampire Mixtape – Vicar Street
5. Monday – Perspectives: Donny McCaslin Group – National Concert Hall
6. Thursday – The Waterboys – 3Arena

Mon 23 Oct
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – The Academy
OMD – Vicar Street
Perspectives: Donny McCaslin Group – National Concert Hall

Tue 24 Oct
Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott – The Olympia Theatre
Perspectives: Donny McCaslin Group – National Concert Hall
The Young’uns – The Sugar Club
Ghostpoet – The Button Factory
The Greatest Eurovision Songs Ever – National Concert Hall
Train – Vicar Street
Mark Olsen (upstairs) – Whelan’s

Wed 25 Oct
Chic feat Nile Rodgers – 3Arena
Masego – The Academy
Roddy Woomble – The Workman’s Club
Irish Baroque Orchestra – National Concert Hall
Saba – The Academy
I Heart Elliott Smith – Whelan’s
Musiclee presents Matthew Fox – The DC Music Club

Thu 26 Oct
The Waterboys – 3Arena
Gigonometry – The Workman’s Club
Portrait of My Love – National Concert Hall
Aonghus McAnally Celebrating Christie Hennessy – Draiocht
Marc O’Reilly – Whelan’s

Fri 27 Oct
Emeli Sande – 3Arena
Brass Phantoms – Whelan’s Upstairs
Jah Wobble & The Invaders Of The Heart – The Grand Social
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit – The Olympia Theatre
RTE NSO Saint Saens Cello Concerto – National Concert Hall
The Bonk x Fixity – BelloBar
Switchfoot – The Academy
Postcards from France – National Concert Hall

Sat 28 Oct
Metropolis Festival 2017
Film Fatale’s Danse Macabre – Irish Museum of Modern Art
Martin Hayes Quartet – National Concert Hall
Ian Prowse – The Workman’s Club
Dave Rowntree (BLUR) – The Bowery, Rathmines
Steely Dan – 3Arena
Aimee Mann – National Stadium
Mundy – The Academy
Alison Moyet – The Olympia Theatre
Syd Arthur – The Workman’s Club
Fozzy – Tivoli Theatre

Sun 29 Oct
Metropolis Festival 2017
Turning Vampire Mixtape – Vicar Street
Fangclub – Whelan’s
TV Smith – Toners
Daryl Hall and John Oates – 3Arena
Fidelio Trio Weekends – National Concert Hall

Mon 30 Oct
Steely Dan – 3Arena
Joey Bada$$ – Olympia Theatre
The Raven Age – The Academy

Tue 31 Oct
Cradle of Filth – The Academy
Foy Vance – The Olympia Theatre
Little Dragon – Vicar Street
Jesse Dayton (Upstairs) – Whelan’s

Wed 01 Nov
London Grammar – Olympia Theatre
Oh Wonder – The Academy
Blog of the Dead on the Day of the Dead Showcase Gig – The Workman’s Club
Kaleidoscope Night: Panorama – BelloBar

Thu 02 Nov
Brandy Clark – The Sugar Club

Thu 02 Nov
BNQT – Vicar Street
In My Mind: Thelonious Monk At Town Hall – National Concert Hall
Matthew E. White – Pavilion Theatre

Fri 03 Nov
Cassandra Wilson & Liam Ó Maonlaí – The Olympia Theatre
Moxie – The Button Factory
RTE NSO Eroica – National Concert Hall
Mik Artistiks Ego Trip – The Grand Social
More Old-Fashioned – National Concert Hall

Sat 04 Nov
Boyce Avenue – The Olympia Theatre
Avey Tare – Whelan’s
Social Repose – The Grand Social
The Academic – Vicar Street
Com Truise – The Button Factory
Brendan O’Shea and Jenna Nicholls – Whelan’s
La Traviata By Giuseppe Verdi – National Concert Hall
James Heather (Solo Piano) – National Concert Hall

Sun 05 Nov
Kiasmos – Vicar Street
Philip Martin: 70th Birthday Celebration Recital – National Concert Hall

Future Gigs

Sat & Sun – 28 & 29/10/17 – Metropolis – RDS

Tue 07/11/17 – Sam Amidon – Whelans

Wed 08/11/17 – Bedouine – Grand Social

Thu 09/11/17 – Julien Baker – Whelans

Sat 11/11/17 – Angelo de Augustine – Grand Social

Sat 11/11/17 – God Is an Astronaut – Button Factory

Wed 15/11/17 – Depeche Mode – 3Arena

Fri 17/11/17 – Cigarette After Sex – Academy

Mon 20/11/17 – Wolf Parade – Button Factory

Wed 22/11/17 – Mac Demarco – Vicar Street

Wed 22/11/17 – Richard Dawson – Whelans

Thu 23/11/17 – Pussy Riot – Vicar Street

Fri 24/11/17 – Queens of the Stone Age – 3Arena

Sun 26/11/17 – Royal Blood – 3Arena

Tue 28/11/17 – Wolf Alice – Olympia

Tue 28/11/17 – Sun Kil Moon – Vicar Street

Sat 02/12/17 – Perfume Genius – Tivoli

Wed 06/12/17 – Jesca Hoop – Whelans

Wed 06/12/17 – Mark Lanegan – Academy

Thu 07 & Fri 08/12/17 – Josh Ritter – Vicar Street

Fri- Sat 08 & 09/12/17 – Divine Comedy – Olympia

Sun 10/12/17 – The Charlatans – Academy

Fri 15/12/17 – Happy Mondays – Vicar Street

Sat 16/12/17 – Adrian Crowley – The Grand Social

Sun & Mon 17 – 18/12/17 – Glen Hansard – Vicar Street

Thu 28/12/17 – And So I Watch You From Afar – Academy

Wed 24/01/18 – Public Service Broadcasting – Academy

Mon 29/01/18 – Wed 31/01/18 – Erasure – Olympia

Tue 30/01/17 – Jeff Tweedy – Vicar Street

Tue 30/10/17 – Hayseed Dixie – Whelan’s

Tue 13/02/18 – Wed 14/02/18 – Paul Weller – Olympia

Tue 13/02/18  – The Front Bottoms – Vicar Street, Dublin

Sat 24/02/17 – Duke Special – The Unitarian Church

Sat 24/02/17 – Elbow & John Grant – 3 Arena

Monday 26/02/18 – Nils Frahm – NCH

Fri & Sat 09-10/03/17 – Randy Newman – Vicar Street

Wed 04/04/18 – Toto – Vicar Street

Fri 06/04/18 – Arcade Fire – 3Arena

Mon 28/05/18 – Father John Misty – Vicar Street

Fri & Sat 15 & 16/06/18 – The National & Guests – Donnybrook Stadium

Thu 13/09/18 – Fri 14/09/18 – Sarah Millican – Olympia